Congratulations to the School of Social Work‘s Joan Prittie, who was recently appointed by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to the State Commission on Family Violence. Prittie is an instructor in the online Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership program. Kemp also announced the appointment and re-appointment of 25 other Georgians to various state boards, authorities, and commissions.

Joan Prittie is the executive director of Project Safe Domestic Violence Center. Prittie serves as editor and principal author of the Georgia Domestic Violence Bench Book—a resource guide for judges. Prittie previously worked as an attorney and represented indigent inmates in the Georgia state prison system. As a pro bono project, she worked on behalf of 78 incarcerated survivors of abuse, securing one sentence commutation and numerous early paroles.

She was the recipient of the 2021 Gender Justice Award, the 2015 UGA President’s Fulfilling the Dream Award for social justice, and the 2014 ATHENA award for professional excellence and community service. In 2010, she received the national Sunshine Peace Award for facilitating social change to end violence against women and children. An active member of Covenant Presbyterian Church and former high school Sunday school teacher, she currently serves on the board of The Table at UGA (formerly Presbyterian Campus Ministry). She and her wife recently celebrated their 30th anniversary.

The online Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership is currently accepting applications for the Summer 2025 semester until March 15, 2025.

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